Alkwertatherium

Extinct genus of marsupials

Alkwertatherium
Temporal range: Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Alkwertatherium
Murray, 1990
Species:
A. webbi
Binomial name
Alkwertatherium webbi
Murray, 1990

Alkwertatherium is an extinct genus of marsupial of the family Diprotodontidae. Only one species has been described, Alkwertatherium webbi, from the Late Miocene of Northern Territory, Australia.

References

  • Heritage Advisory Council. Alcoota Fossil Beds. Heritage Notes 2002.
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Thylacoleonidae
Phascolarctidae
Ilariidae
Wynyardiidae
Vombatoidea
Vombatidae
Diprotodontoidea
Palorchestidae
Diprotodontidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Diprotodon optatum


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